CVE-2017-1000122

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CVSS 3.0

5.3 medium

EPSS

1%p63

Published

Nov 1, 2017 (Nov 1, 2017)

Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Description

The UNIX IPC layer in WebKit, including WebKitGTK+ prior to 2.16.3, does not properly validate certain message metadata, allowing a compromised secondary process to cause a denial of service (release assertion) of the UI process. This vulnerability does not affect Apple products.

Vendors: webkitgtk
Products: webkitgtk\+
Weakness: CWE-20
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

NVD CVE.org GitHub PoCs EPSS (1.1%)

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